The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-15
rnRoUaH THE STATE.
Accidents aud Incidents In West yirginit
.5t.,.{. fSi vi and Vicinity, ~ H =. 4 y "a

Accidents and accidents In West ,yirgtnin
q and Vicinity. K 4
Logan, d l3.year old son Of W. r. Con.
nell, Of 1yilllsmeport, Grant county, was |
playing about an old mill wheel, when It |
fell on bin and broke his neck.
Y George Rush, now confined In jail at
st. Mary's on the charge oil having burned
o barn, has been released, the evidence |
not being sufficient to hold him.
: The Salt Sulphur Springs Company has |
In contemplation the erection OF q hand. |
some 5000 hotel at Fort Spring Depot
and is building large stables at that
point. l,}4 Ma ,5's 4. y !.
A tramp who gave his name as Michael
Marion, Of Providence, r. J., attempted to
board q moving train at Littleton, but
slipped, and falling under the wheels, was
90 injured thpt death followed.
Rev. Father Tracy, Of Weston, who
was stabbed two weeks ntnce, has recov.
cred sufficiently to BIO able to get about
his residence. He has been carefully
nursed by his sister, Mrs. keenan,, Of Par.
kersburg. }E
The Morgantown Po,t says that the old
metal at the old Gladesvllle Furnace has
been sold to George Mccormick and Il.
O. Thompson, OF Uniontown, for the Pitts.
bufgh market, at IS 80 per tom. There arc
from 100 to $50 tons Of It. .5tsli
9 A postoflico has been established at
Camden mines, below Parkersburs, on the
line Of the Ohio River road, named Spill.
man, after Senator Camden's son.in.law,
formerly Of the United States Army, now
engaged In the management Of the mines.
Tbs Circuit Court or Raleigh county
has offered 500 reward Tor the capture
and safe delivery OF William Martin, who
shot his vile last month, and to this has
been added an additional reward Of 500
offered by the State through Governor
Wilson. ',la s{taseSa
As ). Henry Slower was passing around
Bickelts knob, this county, near Mr.. ]. M.
Longs, his dog came in contact with a
wild cat After q considerable struggle
between tho dog and tho wildcat, the boy
succeeded in shooting the latter. It
measured two feet and seven inches from
the tip Of Its nose to tho end Of its tall
Monroe County Walchman. t5.i3
Miss Theresa, daughter Of Petor Fitz.
williams, Of DoddridGe county, while on
her way to visit neighbor, was crlminally
assaulted by Bob Roach. She succeeded
in getting away from Roach and ran to q
house near by where she gave
the alarm. Roach was caught. He
is about thirty years Of age, and, 1t is
said, was arrested come yesrs since in
Richie county for eimilar ottense.
The town Of Bsyard, Grant county, is
chi Dying boom. A fourteen.ioot vein Of
coal has been discovered there and the
lumber business is big. About twenty.
five houses are being erected and people
are moving in. Hon. Henry G. Davis
and brother have seventeen coke ovens
In operation at Thomas, point on their
West Virginia Central road and propose
erecting number Of new ones soon.
Tho South Branch Intsligsncer, published
at Romney, came out in mourning last
week as mark OF respect to William Hnr-
per, founder, proprietor and for many
years editor OF the paper, who died q few
days since, aged 50. He was tho Oldest
editor in the State In years and service.
He served in the Mexican war and in the
Confederate service roae to be Brigadier-
General. During the war his press and
Office were destroyed. He founded the
Iralelligencer in 1929. 80 9,
About year ago o Mrs. Covington and
her family Of three OF four small children,
located near Fettermap, Taylor county.
She came there from Baltimore, having
left her husband for good and sufficient
reasons. She has lived and behaved
quietly and is considered good woman.
A few nights eince man named John
Lynn attempted to force on entrance into
her house at an unseemly hour, and not
leaving when ordered to, Mrs. Oovington
opened fire on him with revolver. "A
painful flssh wound was inflicted by one
Of the shots. Is
Jesse Devers, an sged man living in
Harrison county, who has for years been
rather eccentric, purchased a revolver and
ehot hineelf in the head. ipflictin9 injuries
that caused his death. About twelve
years ago he purchGaed hin Tombstone at q
cost Of $lC0, which was made under bis
supervision and which stood around in
the shop for eight years. In the mean
time he had sandstone veult erected, in
which to deposit his Iemains. The vault
is nine feet long, four feet high and four
feet wide. About four years ago he had
the tombstone removed to the vault and
placed in position. .i5yl
Last week Hon. Henry G. Davis and his
aon-in.lsw, 8. B. Elkins, we're busy pros
pscting through Randolph, Barbour and
other a5j acent counties, in the interest OF
tho Davis road. Whilo in Grafton Mr.,
Elkins expressed himself freely on the
political situation and believes the recent
elections are in no way discouraging to
Republican success In 1888. He said the
personalities in the campaign against
Fellows, in New York, undoubtedly elect.
cd him, as it concentrated the whole OF
the Democratic administration in his favor,
while If quiet campaign had been made
In the interest Of Nicoll, the opposition
candidate for Dietrict Attorney, he be.
lieved theresult would have been different.
A few days since VIM. Main & Co.'s
circus was at Huttonsville, Randolph
county, and several who attended pre-
pared for the occasion by drinking freely.
It seems that bad feeling has existed
for some time between John Arbogast and
Hamilton Collins, which originated In the
alleged burning Of Collins house by Arbo-
CAST last spring. These two met near the
entrance to the tent and Collins accused
Arbopast of burning his house. Tho lat.